THE BACKYARD HOTEL

What an absolute gem!! We ended up here unexpectedly after an Airbnb didn't work out, and we are so glad we did! The location is perfect (walk to a few restaurants, and quick 10 minute drive into Jaco), the rooms are well equipped and spacious for our family of six, and there is a great pool and lounging area. The ocean along this area is a bit aggressive for our young children (the waves are massive and powerful!), but we enjoyed the shoreline and made it work! Definitely would return here!

Keep coming back here annually when visiting Jaco. Why? Location, location, location. The rooms are, clean the staff friendly and there are three great restaurants next door less than a 3 minute walk. But it's so quiet and away from the noise of the built up areas and to be literally on the beach! No other location like it!

If you’re looking to check in on time, go somewhere else. They claim checkout is at noon and checkin is at 2pm. When we got there at 1:30, we were told it wasn’t ready. No problem!

But then we came back at 3:15 and it STILL wasn’t ready. We were told “the sheets aren’t ready.” Like they only have one set per room?!!?! And we asked to just put our luggage into the room, and she refused. She made us wait 20 more mins.

The girl at the concierge was increasingly rude the more upset we got. She claimed that the people before us left late. She then offered us late checkout.

Which is probably how the last people checked out late. It’s like a rolling late check out situation, probably.

She said she was incapable of making anything right, because her manager wasn’t around. Then she charged us an additional $30 for a friend to stay with us. Could’ve waived that, but nope.

Then when I asked for additional coffee pods (they sleep three people normally and they only offer two pods per room). They charge $2 a pod. I asked for three and she was like “they’re normally more but I can give them to you because of what happened.”

Like, duh. We were forced to sit out in the heat because our room wasn’t ready for an hour and a half. Thanks for the $6, I guess?

Then you can hear the traffic all night. And our toilet clogged at 10:30pm.

This place was NOT worth the cost…and it cost a LOT for one night.

The beds were nice though.

A nice stop en route from Sierpe to Caribbean coast. Note that the reviews on their website is old, there is no bar or restaurant any more. This turned out fine though as it's only a 5 min walk to e.g. lively Vida Hermosa bar, yet far away enough to be quiet at the hotel. Nice pool area for the amazing sunset, large rooms and secure (gated parking and video surveillance).

beautiful scenery right on the ocean, nice pool and sitting area outside. Little known fact = they used to host the surfing completion's right there in front of the hotel.